Labé, Louise
Labé, Louise
(lwēz läbā`), c.1520–1566, French poet. She was an active member of the so-called Lyons school of poets headed by Maurice ScèveScève, Maurice, c.1510–c.1564, French poet. While studying at Avignon he discovered the tomb of Laura, to whom Petrarch directed many of his sonnets. Scève was the leader of the so-called Lyons school of poets, which was the first to bring the influence of
..... Click the link for more information. . Labé's elegies and sonnets, in Oeuvres (1555), are love poems notable for their passion and honesty. The wife of a rich rope-maker, she was nicknamed "La Belle Cordière."